The first table below looks at the demand for Active Directory skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bridgend region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Active Directory over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the System Software category for the Bridgend region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Active Directory
Rank 9 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Active Directory 18 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bridgend 19.57% - -
As % of the System Software category 85.71% - -
Number of salaries quoted 18 0 0
Average salary £22,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
All System Software
Bridgend
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
System Software category
21 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bridgend 22.83% - -
Number of salaries quoted 21 0 0
Average salary £27,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £39,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
-1.28% +2.63%
Active Directory
South Wales

Active Directory
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Active Directory across the Bridgend region as a proportion of the total demand within the System Software category.

Bridgend Active Directory Jobs Demand Trend

Active Directory
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Active Directory across the Bridgend region.

Bridgend Active Directory Salary Trend

Active Directory
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Active Directory across the Bridgend region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Bridgend Active Directory Salary Histogram

Active Directory
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bridgend region citing Active Directory also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Active Directory.

1 20 (100.00%) Windows
1 20 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 20 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 20 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 20 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 19 (95.00%) VMware
3 16 (80.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 12 (60.00%) Microsoft
5 11 (55.00%) DNS
5 11 (55.00%) TCP/IP
5 11 (55.00%) Windows 7
6 10 (50.00%) Firewall
7 9 (45.00%) VPN
7 9 (45.00%) VoIP
7 9 (45.00%) Apache
7 9 (45.00%) MS Excel
7 9 (45.00%) SQL
7 9 (45.00%) MySQL
7 9 (45.00%) IIS
7 9 (45.00%) UNIX
7 9 (45.00%) SaaS
7 9 (45.00%) Office 365
7 9 (45.00%) Windows Intune
7 9 (45.00%) Windows 8
8 7 (35.00%) Informatics
9 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (15.00%) VMware Infrastructure
11 2 (10.00%) VMware ESX
11 2 (10.00%) Clustering
11 2 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery

Active Directory
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bridgend region citing Active Directory also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Active Directory. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (5.000%) COM
1 1 (5.000%) CGI
Application Platforms
1 20 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 20 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 20 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 9 (45.00%) IIS
2 9 (45.00%) Apache
3 2 (10.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2000
3 2 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 9 (45.00%) MS Excel
1 9 (45.00%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (55.00%) TCP/IP
1 11 (55.00%) DNS
2 10 (50.00%) Firewall
3 9 (45.00%) VPN
3 9 (45.00%) VoIP
4 2 (10.00%) DHCP
5 1 (5.000%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (45.00%) MySQL
2 1 (5.000%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.000%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (5.000%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (5.000%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 7 (35.00%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
2 7 (35.00%) Analyst
2 7 (35.00%) Support Analyst
2 7 (35.00%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 7 (35.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (15.00%) Support Engineer
4 1 (5.000%) Technical Support Engineer
4 1 (5.000%) Help Desk Support
4 1 (5.000%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (5.000%) Technical Support
4 1 (5.000%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (5.000%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (5.000%) Support Technician
4 1 (5.000%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 1 (5.000%) Wintel Support
4 1 (5.000%) Helpdesk Technician
4 1 (5.000%) Wintel Engineer
4 1 (5.000%) 1st Line Support Technician
4 1 (5.000%) Windows Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (45.00%) SaaS
2 7 (35.00%) Informatics
3 2 (10.00%) Blackberry
3 2 (10.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 20 (100.00%) Windows
1 20 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 16 (80.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 11 (55.00%) Windows 7
4 9 (45.00%) Windows 8
4 9 (45.00%) UNIX
5 2 (10.00%) Windows XP
5 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (10.00%) Communications Security
Programming Languages
1 9 (45.00%) SQL
2 2 (10.00%) VBScript
2 2 (10.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (10.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) DV Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) MCP
2 2 (10.00%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (10.00%) HIPAA
System Software
1 3 (15.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (10.00%) XenApp
2 2 (10.00%) Terminal Services
2 2 (10.00%) VMware ESX
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
2 2 (10.00%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 9 (45.00%) Windows Intune
2 2 (10.00%) ARCserve
2 2 (10.00%) Norton AntiVirus
2 2 (10.00%) NetBackup
2 2 (10.00%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 19 (95.00%) VMware
2 12 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.00%) Citrix
3 2 (10.00%) Symantec
3 2 (10.00%) Remedy
3 2 (10.00%) McAfee
3 2 (10.00%) Sophos